Bandeira / Vila de Bandeira / Manduas / Mandoas

INFORMATION

FontID: 07872BAN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Originally from the parish church at San Tirso de Mánduas

Country Name: Spain

Location: Pontevedra, Galicia

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Silleda

Font Location in Church: [the font is reported ca.2001 at the house of Elías de Marrás]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

The baptismal font from the Iglesia Parroquial de San Tirso de Mánduas, in Bandeira, is reported in the house of Elías de Marrás [source: www.bandeira.org/historia]. The church itself dates from 1171 and the font is probably from about the same date.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone